After the Supreme Court ruled a Louisiana congressional map unconstitutional, Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries, the state is redrawing its map, and some Black voters fear losing their voice in D.C. Source link
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the … Read more
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble across multiple southern states to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act. Depending on how state officials proceed and whether courts intervene, legislators may try to split … Read more
In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Louisiana congressional map – drawn to protect the electoral clout of Black voters in the state – is itself an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, concerned a map creating two majority-minority voting districts in a state where about one-third of … Read more
The 6-3 decision, involving two majority-Black districts in Louisiana, further weakens the Voting Rights Act. Source link
Supreme Court clears way for Texas’ new redistricting map Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the Supreme Court officially ruling in favor of Texas’ new ‘red’ redistricting map, criticisms that the new map is racially motivated and New York Attorney General Letitia James avoiding fraud charges. NEWYou can now … Read more
Watch CBS News A state judge has blocked Virginia from moving forward with its new congressional maps, one day after voters approved the redistricting. CBS News’ Anthony Salvanto has more on the vote. Source link
A state court judge on Wednesday blocked Virginia from moving forward with a redistricting effort that passed in a referendum a day earlier, a roadblock in Democrats’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps and tilt as many as four House districts away from the GOP. The order from Judge Jack Hurley of Tazewell … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ahead of a special election on Tuesday, Virginia Republicans blasted a proposed constitutional amendment in their state that could soon cost them their congressional seats, calling the effort the most “unfair” of a string of redrawn maps across the country. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., believes it’s a … Read more
The threat of strong tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding is returning to the central U.S. Friday evening into the start of the weekend — after a brief break in intensity, forecasters say. More than 51 million are under the threat of severe weather Friday evening from Texas to Wisconsin, and most of … Read more